2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying round: 27 September – 21 November 2023 Elite round: 6 – 26 March 2024
Teams	53 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	123
Goals scored	401 (3.26 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Adrian Arnucio (5 goals)
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The 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification was a men's under-17 national football team competition that determined the 15 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Cyprus in the 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament.^[1] Players born on or after 1 January 2007 were eligible to participate.

Russia were excluded from the tournament due to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Therefore, excluding hosts Cyprus, 53 teams entered this qualification competition, which consists of a qualifying round played in September–November 2023, followed by an elite round played in March 2024.

The qualifying competition consisted of the following two rounds:^[2]

• Qualifying round: Apart from Netherlands, which received a bye to the elite round as the team with the highest seeding coefficient, the remaining 52 teams were drawn into 13 groups of four teams. Each group was played in a single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The 13 group winners, the 13 runners-up, and the five third-placed teams with the best record against the first and second-placed teams in their group advanced to the elite round.
• Elite round: The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The eight group winners and the seven runners-up with the best record against all teams in their group qualified for the final tournament.

The schedule of each group was as follows, with two rest days between each matchday (Regulations Article 20.04):

Group schedule

Matchday	Matches
Matchday 1	1 v 4, 3 v 2
Matchday 2	1 v 3, 2 v 4
Matchday 3	2 v 1, 4 v 3

In the qualifying round and elite round, teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):^[2]

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams had the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and were tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams had the same number of points, or if their rankings were not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
9. UEFA coefficient ranking for the qualifying round draw;
10. Drawing of lots.

To determine the four best third-placed teams from the qualifying round, the results against the teams in fourth place were discarded. The following criteria were applied (Regulations Articles 15.01 and 15.03):^[2]

1. Points;
2. Goal difference;
3. Goals scored;
4. Disciplinary points (total 3 matches);
5. UEFA coefficient ranking for the qualifying round draw;
6. Drawing of lots.

To determine the seven best runners-up from the elite round, all results were considered. The same criteria as above were applied (Regulations Articles 15.02 and 15.03).^[2]

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 8 December 2022 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[3]

The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:^[4][5]

• 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)

Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, the following pairs of teams could not be drawn in the same group: Spain and Gibraltar, Belarus and Ukraine, Kosovo and Serbia, Kosovo and Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Final tournament hosts Team Coeff. Rank  Cyprus 6.500 —

Bye to elite round Team Coeff. Rank  Netherlands 30.111 1

Teams entering qualifying round

Pot A Team Coeff. Rank  Spain 25.778 2  Italy 24.778 3  France 23.167 4  England 20.233 5  Germany 19.500 6  Portugal 18.500 7  Belgium 17.444 8  Republic of Ireland 16.333 9  Hungary 16.056 10  Serbia 15.611 11  Sweden 14.167 12  Turkey 13.778 13  Denmark 12.333 14

Pot B Team Coeff. Rank  Scotland 12.222 15  Israel 12.000 16  Norway 11.722 17   Switzerland 11.444 18  Czech Republic 11.222 19  Slovenia 10.111 20  Greece 10.889 21  Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.833 22  Ukraine 10.722 23  Poland 10.667 24  Austria 9.556 25  Slovakia 9.167 26  Croatia 8.667 27

Pot C Team Coeff. Rank  Finland 8.500 28  Iceland 6.500 29  Belarus 6.500 30  Bulgaria 5.556 31  North Macedonia 5.500 32  Romania 5.000 33  Georgia 4.833 34  Northern Ireland 4.167 35  Kosovo 4.000 36  Wales 4.000 37  Montenegro 4.000 38  Luxembourg 3.917 39  Latvia 3.833 40

Pot D Team Coeff. Rank  Estonia 3.333 41  Faroe Islands 2.889 42  Albania 2.333 43  Kazakhstan 2.333 44  Azerbaijan 2.000 45  Armenia 1.667 46  Andorra 1.333 47  Lithuania 1.333 48  Moldova 0.667 49  Malta 0.000 50  Gibraltar 0.000 51  Liechtenstein 0.000 52  San Marino 0.000 53

Notes

• Teams marked in bold have qualified for the final tournament.

The qualifying round was played in September, October, and November 2023.

Times up to 29 October 2023 are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times are CET (UTC+1), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Elite round
2	Georgia (H)	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4[a]
3	Denmark	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	4[a]
4	Lithuania	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Elite round
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
3	Latvia	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Moldova (H)	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7	Elite round
2	Finland	3	1	2	0	6	3	+3	5
3	Ukraine	3	1	1	1	9	3	+6	4
4	Liechtenstein (H)	3	0	0	3	0	16	−16	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia (H)	3	2	1	0	10	3	+7	7	Elite round
2	Slovenia	3	1	2	0	6	3	+3	5
3	Luxembourg	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	2
4	Azerbaijan	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal (H)	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9	Elite round
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	10	3	+7	6
3	Albania	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3
4	Montenegro	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	1	2	0	5	1	+4	5	Elite round
2	Romania (H)	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5
3	Norway	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
4	Estonia	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey (H)	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7	Elite round
2	Belarus	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
3	Scotland	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	2	1	0	2	−2	2

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	17	1	+16	9	Elite round
2	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
3	Malta (H)	3	0	1	2	1	9	−8	1
4	North Macedonia	3	0	1	2	1	10	−9	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	0	18	1	+17	9	Elite round
2	Croatia (H)	3	2	0	1	11	5	+6	6
3	Kosovo	3	1	0	2	3	10	−7	3
4	Faroe Islands	3	0	0	3	1	17	−16	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	3	2	1	0	8	0	+8	7	Elite round
2	Republic of Ireland (H)	3	1	2	0	4	0	+4	5
3	Iceland	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
4	Armenia	3	0	0	3	1	16	−15	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9	Elite round
2	Italy (H)	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	4
3	Northern Ireland	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
4	San Marino	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wales (H)	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	6	Elite round
2	Belgium	2	1	0	1	4	1	+3	3
3	Gibraltar	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0
4	Israel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Gibraltar initially withdrew from the group on 7 October 2023, citing safety concerns in light of the Gaza war.^[6] All matches were subsequently postponed by UEFA later that day.^[7] New dates and host nation (Wales) were announced later. Israel withdrew from qualification shortly before the re-arranged dates.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bulgaria	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Elite round
2	Hungary (H)	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
4	Andorra	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

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To determine the five best third-placed teams from the qualifying round which advanced to the elite round, only the results of the third-placed teams against the first and second-placed teams in their group were taken into account.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	6	Norway	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	Elite Round
2	1	Denmark	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1
3	3	Ukraine	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
4	13	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1
5	11	Northern Ireland	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1
6	4	Luxembourg	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1
7	10	Iceland	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3	1
8	7	Scotland	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0
9	2	Latvia	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0
10	5	Albania	2	0	0	2	1	9	−8	0
11	8	Malta	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0[a]
12	12	Gibraltar	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0[a]
13	9	Kosovo	2	0	0	2	0	9	−9	0

The draw for the elite round was held on 7 December 2023 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round.^[5] The Netherlands, which received a bye to the elite round, were automatically seeded into Pot A. Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Winners and runners-up from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group, but the best third-placed teams could be drawn in the same group as winners or runners-up from the same qualifying round group. ^[8]

2023/24 qualifying round results^[9]

Pot A Team Pos. Pts. GD GS Coef.  Netherlands Seeded – – – –  Spain Group 8 winners 6 11 12 3.000  England Group 9 winners 6 9 10 3.000  Portugal Group 5 winners 6 5 5 3.000  Wales Group 12 winners 6 5 5 3.000  Poland Group 2 winners 6 4 5 3.000  Turkey Group 7 winners 6 4 4 3.000  Greece Group 11 winners 6 3 4 3.000

Pot B Team Pos. Pts. GD GS Coef.  Serbia Group 4 winners 4 3 5 2.000   Switzerland Group 10 winners 4 3 3 2.000  Austria Group 1 winners 4 1 4 2.000  Bulgaria Group 13 winners 4 1 2 2.000  Germany Group 3 winners 4 1 2 2.000  France Group 6 winners 2 0 1 1.000  Czech Republic Group 5 runner-up 3 3 6 1.500  Belgium Group 12 runner-up 3 3 4 1.500

2023/24 qualifying round results^[9]

Pot C Team Pos. Pts. GD GS Coef.  Hungary Group 13 runner-up 3 1 3 1.500  Sweden Group 2 runner-up 3 1 3 1.500  Belarus Group 7 runner-up 3 1 3 1.500  Croatia Group 9 runner-up 3 0 5 1.500  Georgia Group 1 runner-up 3 0 3 1.500  Slovakia Group 8 runner-up 3 −3 2 1.500  Slovenia Group 4 runner-up 2 0 3 1.000  Finland Group 3 runner-up 2 0 3 1.000

Pot D Team Pos. Pts. GD GS Coef.  Romania Group 6 runner-up 2 0 1 1.000  Republic of Ireland Group 10 runner-up 2 0 0 1.000  Italy Group 11 runner-up 1 −1 1 0.500  Norway Group 6 third-place 2 0 0 1.000  Denmark Group 1 third-place 1 −1 3 0.500  Ukraine Group 3 third-place 1 −1 2 0.500  Bosnia and Herzegovina Group 13 third-place 1 −2 2 0.500  Northern Ireland Group 11 third-place 1 −2 0 0.500

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	France	3	3	0	0	9	4	+5	9	Qualified for the final tournament
2	England (H)	3	2	0	1	11	3	+8	6
3	Northern Ireland	3	1	0	2	6	11	−5	3
4	Hungary	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Sweden	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Qualified for the final tournament
2	Wales	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
3	Romania (H)	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Bulgaria	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Italy	3	2	1	0	9	5	+4	7	Qualified for the final tournament
2	Belgium	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	4[a]
3	Finland (H)	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4[a]
4	Netherlands	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Ukraine	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9	Qualified for the final tournament
2	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	3	4	−1	6
3	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Greece (H)	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Portugal (H)	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	9	Qualified for the final tournament
2	Croatia	3	1	1	1	8	6	+2	4
3	Germany	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4
4	Republic of Ireland	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Denmark	3	2	1	0	8	0	+8	7	Qualified for the final tournament
2	Serbia	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	6
3	Georgia (H)	3	1	0	2	3	10	−7	3
4	Turkey	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria (H)	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Qualified for the final tournament
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6
3	Norway	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4
4	Slovenia	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Poland	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6[a]	Qualified for the final tournament
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6[a]
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina (H)	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3[b]
4	Belarus	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3[b]

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The seven best second-placed teams from the elite round qualified for the final tournament.^[10]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	1	England	3	2	0	1	11	3	+8	6	Qualified for the final tournament
2	7	Spain	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6
3	6	Serbia	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	6
4	8	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
5	2	Wales	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
6	4	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	3	4	−1	6
7	5	Croatia	3	1	1	1	8	6	+2	4
8	3	Belgium	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	4

In the qualifying round, there were 245 goals scored in 75 matches, for an average of 3.27 goals per match.

In the elite round, there were 156 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 3.25 goals per match.

In total, there were 401 goals scored in 123 matches, for an average of 3.26 goals per match.

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3 goals

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1 goal

1 own goal

Source: UEFA

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• Under-17 Matches: 2024 Qualifying, UEFA.com